The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a Nuri curriculum-based psychomotor program on the social skills of preschoolers with developmental delay. The subjects in this study were 30 preschoolers with developmental delay in daycare cent...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a Nuri curriculum-based psychomotor program on the social skills of preschoolers with developmental delay. The subjects in this study were 30 preschoolers with developmental delay in daycare center inclusive classes in the city of Seoul. After an experimental group and a control group were organized with 15 preschoolers respectively, the experimental group participated in a psychomotor program based on the social relationship section of the Nuri curriculum 30 times in optional classes during a 20-week period of time.
The psychomotor program based on the Nuri curriculum was found to be effective at boosting the social skills of the preschoolers with developmental delay. In addition, the program was found to exert a positive influence on the improvement of their interaction with others, display of emotion, self-concept, coping function and social role performance, which were the subfactors of social skills.
The findings of the study illustrated that the psychomotor program based on the Nuri curriculum had a positive impact on the improvement of the social skills of the preschoolers with developmental delay.